And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burnt them. ] Lesser images, the images of other deities, or what were placed as decorations of the temple.
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And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings: but Jehu had prepared him fourscore men without, and said to them: If any of the men escape, whom I have brought into your hands, he that letteth him go, shall answer life for life.
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And it came to pass, when the burnt offering was ended, that Jehu commanded his soldiers and captains, saying: Go in, and kill them: let none escape. And the soldiers and captains slew them with the edge of the sword, and cast them out: and they went into the city of the temple of Baal,
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And brought the statue out of Baal’s temple, and burnt it,
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And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place unto this day.